Marking a decade, Hawaii Wildlife Center receives DLNR award
Nearly 3,000 injured birds and bats have made their way to the Hawaii Wildlife Center on Hawaii Island since HWC President and Founder Linda Elliott opened its doors a decade ago. Golf balls, power lines, cars, guns and poison have been an ongoing threat to forest birds, seabirds and bats, as well as cats, dogs, mongoose and rats.
“Here we were, working in the endangered species capital of the world and we lacked a care resource for our native wildlife,” said Elliott in a news release. “In the 1990s, it became my mission to fill this need. Now 10 years after opening, we have treated 3,000 feathery patients, and a few bats.”
